About this project

$4,065

pledged of $3,537 goal

64

backers

Thank you everyone - We hit our mark!!! But there still are plenty of other expenses that could use some financial relief. A mill room needs to be built. A website designed. Labels to be printed...the list is long. Any funds raised above the goal will go toward these opening expenses. You can back this project for a little as $1, and doing so will give you access to updates just for backers about special deals (including free stuff), events and status reports. Please continue to tell others about this project. The more people who know about Beck's Bakery and the breads made from locally grown grains - the better! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Hi! I’m Rhonda Wiedenbeck. Thank-you for taking the time to check out this Kickstarter project. Since making this video a few things have come up that are making this fundraising effort really important...like over $9,000 in unexpected opening expenses! Yikes! My goal has been to make sure that this bakery can produce the highest quality bread at affordable prices and having a successful Kickstarter campaign has now become even more important for achieving that goal. I hope that Beck's Bakery can be a model for what is achievable in other small towns. Please read on to find out more about Beck's Bakery and this Kickstarter project.

Beck's Bakery is a wholesale bread bakery located in the northern California town of Arcata. I'm thrilled to be introducing a product that
uses sustainable and Humboldt grown ingredients, has lovely flavor and texture,
and helps to support our local food economy. For years I’ve wanted to provide
the community with the bread that I’ve been making for family and friends …
artisan style breads made with fresh milled locally grown whole grains. My bread-making processes ensure complex
aromas and layers of flavors, crunchy crusts, and toothy crumb. The wheat, rye and buckwheat grains that I
will be obtaining from Humboldt, Mendocino and other northern California
farmers are organic or sustainably produced, and include heritage and landrace
varieties adapted to our unique climate and soils. As with wine grapes, each grain variety has
its own characteristic qualities. The differences can be quite noticeable and
pleasing to the taste buds!

One of the core values of Beck’s Bakery is education. I have been a cooking
teacher since 2004 and have taught hundreds of people how to make artisan bread
at home. Recently, I’ve been volunteering with the Eureka City Schools Central
Kitchen to help the staff there develop new wholegrain breads, rolls &
crackers for school lunches. I’m committed to finding alternative ways to make high-quality nutritional foods available to the community. Teaching in the community and working with schools are two ways I can do this.

I’ve been working closely with the North Coast Small Business Development
Center (NCSBDC) for more than a year to figure out the nitty gritty details of
this business. I’ve also been making a lot of bread for local restaurants,
grocery stores, and friends to taste. And I’ve been pulling together financing.
I’m happy to say that I have a viable business plan, a promising initial assortment of stores and restaurants that want to carry bread from Beck’s Bakery,
and almost all of my financing. The key to producing affordable bread is to minimize my debt load as much as possible – and raising money through Kickstarter is one
step in the process. I’m very close to pulling it off with the financing I have
thus far.

My Kickstarter project is to raise funds to purchase a lightweight delivery
trailer so that Beck’s Bakery can efficiently deliver bread to local grocery
stores and restaurants. The cost of the trailer, freight to ship it, hitch,
installation, ball mount, sales tax, Kickstarter and Amazon fees is: $3537. I
will be paying for the cost of the pledge rewards and income taxes
that will accrue with this fundraising effort. If I'm so fortunate, any extra money raised above the goal will go to
pay other opening bakery expenses.

Speaking of rewards…If you don’t like the pledge rewards, feel free to
suggest a reward package that fits with your budget and has the items you want
to get. I’ll see what I can do to accommodate your request.

Thank you so much for donating to this Kickstarter project. If you think it
is a great idea – please tell others about it and forward the info to them. The
more people talking about this the better! You can check out the progress of Beck's Bakery on Facebook too!

I'm very excited to provide this delicious bread to Humboldt County residents! Thank you everyone!

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $25 or more
About $25

Pick one: 8-oz nutty granola, 4-oz bread dipping spice mix, or 4-oz whole grain crackers! Also you will receive an oval "Knead Dough?" sticker and a thank you on the website. This is for local pick-up only.
If you need it shipped, choose the $30 pledge.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $30 or more
About $30

Pick one and I will ship it to you: 8-oz nutty granola, 4-oz bread dipping spice mix, or 4-oz whole grain crackers! Also you will receive an oval "Knead Dough?" sticker and a thank you on the website.
If you are local and can pick it up, choose the $25 pledge.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $35 or more
About $35

A super fresh - hot out of the oven (if you can get to the bakery fast enough!) loaf of bread, an oval "Knead Dough?" bumper sticker and a big thank you on the website.
Since this bread is best fresh, this is for local pick-up only...I just can't in good conscience send anyone bread that will be stale when it arrives...sorry out of town folks :(

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $40 or more
About $40

Pick two: 8-oz nutty granola, 4-oz bread dipping spice mix, or 4-oz whole grain crackers. You will also receive an oval "Knead Dough?" bumper sticker and a thank you on the website. This is for local pick-up only. If you'd like it shipped choose the $51 pledge.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $51 or more
About $51

Pick two: 8-oz nutty granola, 4-oz bread dipping spice mix, or 4-oz whole grain crackers. You will also receive an oval "Knead Dough?" bumper sticker and a thank you on the website. We will ship this to you. If you are local and can pick it up, choose the $40 pledge.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $100 or more
About $100

4 loaves of bread (we'll give you a voucher if you don't want it all at once), 8-oz of nutty granola, 4-oz whole grain crackers, 4-oz bread dipping spice mix, an oval "Knead Dough?" bumper sticker and a thank you on the website. This is for local pick-up only.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $200 or more
About $200

Throw some dough with us! Spend a day working as part of the bakery staff at Beck's Bakery or if you are not ready for that, a small group (no more than 5 people) 3-hour baking lesson. You will also receive an oval "Knead Dough?" bumper sticker, a Beck's Bakery T-shirt and a thank you on the website. There will be samples to take home of whatever we are producing that day in the bakery!

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $500 or more
About $500

25 loaves of fresh bread! We will give you a voucher so that you can stagger your bread bonanza as you like. We will also give you 8-oz nutty granola, 4-oz fresh whole grain crackers, 4-oz bread dipping spice mix, an oval "Knead Dough?" bumper sticker and a thank you on the website. This is for local pick-up only.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $1,000 or more
About $1,000

The whole kit & caboodle! This includes: a thank you on the website, an oval "Knead Dough?" bumper sticker, 8-oz bread dipping spice mix, 24-oz nutty granola, 8-oz fresh whole grain crackers, a Beck's Bakery T-shirt, throw some dough with us or a small group baking lesson, and a voucher for 50 loaves of bread! Woo Hoo!